Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, 02 Jul 2015 Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>wrote: >Hi Ric, >There used to be a lot of them around. Mechanically and optically, mine >is fine. Oxidation has taken its toll on the aluminum over the years. >Speaking of oxidation, at one time I was given an early Konica >rangefinder that was taken from an abandoned seabag that some sailor >left along the roadside in Mississippi, and was picked up by the MHP. >Exposure to salt air had really done a number on the body, but the >rangefinder optics were MUCH better than my LTM Leica. I shot a few >rolls with it, and was impressed with Konica, despite the camera's >condition. >Jim Nichols >Tullahoma, TN USA =========================================================================================================================== In 1973, I wanted to have a rangefinder camera for candid work but couldn't yet afford a Leica, so I bought a Konica III from a student for $10.00. He sold it cheap because the shutter was sticky. I unscrewed the front lens elements and freed up the shutter blades with some lighter fluid, and later used it to take what is still my best-selling picture: < http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Signs/TruthClosed__AMR.jpg.html > I too was impressed with the RF viewfinder. The Hexanon f/2 was terrific as well. (The ads for this camera in the fifties said "The lens alone is worth the price.") This camera now sits in my viewfinder camera gallery on top my office bookcase, along with a Welti, a Wirgin, a Bolsey, a Realist, a Kodak 35, a Pony, an Olympus RC, an Olympus XA, an Argus C3, an Agfa Karat, a Retina IIa, a Bessa II, and an Ansco Super-Speedex. Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt